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1. What is the purpose, or meaning of the Day of the Dead celebration?

2. Where did the traditions begin, or what culture originated the traditions?

3. What is the symbolic meaning of the multiple levels built on the Day of the Dead alters?

 

4. An important (Links to an external site.)  element shared by all Mesoamerican cultures was the ballcourt. The earliest evidence of the ballgames has been found to be practiced by which (Links to an external site.)  culture? (Links to an external site.)

5.Another  (Links to an external site.) common element shared by all Mesoamerican cultures was the calendar. Describe two important elements of this calendar?

6. For each Mesoamerican culture a complex pantheon of gods existed. Some groups shared similar deities, although there was some variation. Two Deities with important roles across Mesoamerica included a storm/rain god and a feathered serpent deity. Among the Mexica, or Aztec this storm/rain god was known as Tlaloc and the feathered serpent Quetzalcoatli.  Describe a few characteristic elements of the god Tlaloc.

7 Throughout Mesoamerica, there was a general cosmological belief that the universe can be described as?

8. What is the important Aztec migration myth?

9. The Spanish were impressed by Tenochtitlan. What were some of the characteristics of the city built on a lake?